“Ability is all right but if it is not backed up by honesty and public confidence you will never be a successful person. The best a man can do is to arrive at the top in his chosen profession. I have always maintained that one profession is deserving of as much honor as another provided it is honorable.” IfsMenPersonsCan DoAbilityBusinessSuccessfulHonestyHonorProfessionChosenHonorableDeservingSuccessful Person Author:Will Rogers
“If you want to be liberated, if you choose to be what I am, then you've chosen freedom. You can do this.” IfsWantCan DoBuddhismChosenYou ChooseLiberatedRama Author:Frederick Lenz
“I can no longer serve justice in the way I have attempted to do during the past 30 years - I can do it only in the way I have now chosen.” WayYearsI CanPastCan DoJusticeChosenI Can Do It Author:Bram Fischer
“Finally, the illusions of validity and skill are supported by a powerful professional culture. We know that people can maintain an unshakeable faith in any proposition, however absurd, when they are sustained by a community of like-minded believers. Given the professional culture of the financial community, it is not surprising that large numbers of individuals in that world believe themselves to be among the chosen few who can do what they believe others cannot.” PeopleKnowsWorldBelieveCultureIndividualGivenCan DoCommunityPowerfulNumbersSkillsIllusionInvestingFinancialBelieverChosenAbsurdSurprisingPropositionsLarge NumbersValidity Book:Thinking, Fast and Slow Source: Thinking, Fast and Slow